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tellurism

noun

Etymology

From telluric + -ism.

  1. derived from Telluroxyd
  2. derived from tellus — “earth; earthy”
  3. derived from tellurique
  4. suffixed as tellurism — “telluric + ism”

Definitions

  1. A hypothetical form of animal magnetism, ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or…

    A hypothetical form of animal magnetism, ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or influence.

  2. The supposed influence of emanations from the soil in producing disease.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for tellurism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA